This Is The Day

This is it. This is the day. This is when we decide between two very different paths for America. Do we get our financial house in order with Romney with a less dependency on government, or do we go the way of the European model with increased government dependency with Obama?

I don’t think I am alone in saying that I will be glad when this is over. I think we all feel emotionally drained. I’ve never seen the country so divided. I’ve never seen the country in a place where there is simply no common ground. That is probably the most upsetting thing. Somewhere along the line, we lost a common bond. One side sees America very differently than the other side, and in almost all ways.

I will say that even though I disagree with Pres. Obama on his vision for our country, I am glad that in my lifetime we elected a black President. I wish it could have been a black President like Allen West or Herman Cain, but nonetheless, it was historic and it proved how far we have come since I was a little girl in Mississippi. A remarkable change. Obama’s failures have nothing to do with the color of his skin, and everything to do with his ideology. It was his ideology that failed us.

I doubt that Romney, if elected, can do much to bring us together. The breach is too wide, the beliefs too different. I can only hope that he can put us back on the road to prosperity, bring us back jobs, and keep us strong. I can only hope he can right this ship. But the difference in the core beliefs between Republican and Democrats will continue, there is no bridge that connects us there anymore. Where my side sees our founding principles as given to us by God, building the most prosperous nation on earth, giving so much to so many around the world, and defeating evil with our military might, the other side sees a foundation built on bigotry and imperialism, and unjust wars. Where my side sees a cycle of generational poverty and dependency on government as immoral, the other side sees increased dependency as benevolent. Where my side believes that the most innocent and vulnerable among us, the unborn child, should be protected, the other side sees aborting the unborn child as a right. I could go on and on, but I think you get the picture.

If Pres. Obama is re-elected, I will feel the greatest sadness. Not for me, but for my country. I can only pray that the next time you come here to see what I have written, America will have chosen the better brighter path with Mitt Romney.

When put that way, I see that the side that believes bigotry and unjust wars built this nation, are right. Years of slave labor and interventions around the world built the wealth of the US. That is a fact which none can dispute. The hand of God, meanwhile, is a matter of faith. Now, of course you can’t dispute the faith of another person, but there is no concrete way to determine that the hand of God was factually involved in building the US.

Slavery, exploitation and imperialism have been constant through human history. In sum, the US is an empire like many others which have come and gone. Everything has a life span: companies, people, countries, and the US is no exception.

Of course, dividing the nation was all Obama’s fault. It had absolutely nothing to do with the Senate Minority Leader Mitch O’Connell saying that he and his party would do everything it could to make sure Obama would be a one-term President. Kinda backfired, didn’t it?

It is the obstructionists and extremists on both sides of the aisle that have divided our country.Gone are the days of Reagan and Clinton when both sides,regardless of their differences, came together for the common good of the country.Compromise no longer exists in Washington. Until the congress gets their act together and remembers why they are there nothing is going to change,regardless of who is President.

Well now you have four more years to stew in your juices. The demographics are not moving in your favor. Maybe, just maybe, it might be time to consider that the stuff being bandied about in the GOP primaries will mean the demise of your party, unless some of the really extreme craziness — for example pretty much everything said by Allen West and Herman Cain and their ilk — can be jettisoned. I don’t think it will happen. Still, you might want to take note that Congressman West has been defeated in his reelection bid in what is probably the most conservative district in Florida.

I remember how I felt the day after the 2004 election. It was such a dark day with an overwhelming feeling of disbelief. I don’t see how it would be any different for those on the right today.
Although we could not be more polar in our positions, I believe that the majority of republican, independent and democratic individuals are good, kind, empathetic and morally sound. I don’t know if the discord will ever change. One day maybe we will look at the group on the other side and not only see the extremes and the differences. Today is not that day but I am hopeful that some day we will start seeing the individuals instead of the mob.

It’s all over and Obama won re-election. I agree with you that whatever we feel about Obama should have nothing to do with his race. But I disagree with your alternative choices for first black president. Alan West is a disgrace and is on his way out. Herman Cain is an interesting fellow and appears to be intelligent, and certainly more likeable than Gov. Romney, except when it comes to women. Note that one of the many problems the Republicans have is with women, particularly young, single women. There’s no way Mr. Cain could get elected with his history in that area.

I think most Americans are sick of “sides.” Sides are a simplistic way of dealing with complex issues. They make problems black and white when in reality the world is gray. Your description of sides is exactly what is wrong with politics and government in this era. The governance of the United States is not a football game to be won or lost by a time or “side.” Yet the politicians continue to act like football players, and the political punditry as cheerleaders. All that matters now seems to be who wins the big game. Pathetic…

Most Americans work with people they disagree with politically everyday and are productive. This election demonstrates they expect the same from their politicians. They don’t care about “sides.” They want solutions….

Kathleen- I am certain you will not find one democrat who agrees with your opinion on what they “see”, or with how you characterize what republicans stand for- but that is politics. I do agree with you that I am glad its over but for slightly different reasons- I am glad its over because I am sick and tired of having people tell me over and over, how terrible things are in America and how America is going down the drain!

I do not share your opinion that there is no common ground and feel the work that Gov. Christy did with the President is clear evidence that when in need we bind together for common good. That is what Americans do!

Moving forward, this term will be substantially different from the last for the President because the dynamics have clearly changed and the pressure politically will fall for the first time in recent history, heavily and squarely on the House. In the last 2 years the House has driven the bus-(and managed in the process to obtain the lowest approval rating ever) this time the House will end up being passengers of a bus driven by the American public.